law minister b. r. ambedkar in 1950
the ministry of law revised first draft in 1948 , made small alterations it, making more suitable discussion in constituent assembly, introduced. referred select committee under chairmanship of law minister b. r. ambedkar, , committee made number of important changes in bill. edition had 8 sections: part 1 delineated considered hindu , did away caste system. significantly, stipulated hindu code apply not muslim, parsi, christian or jew, , asserted hindus governed under uniform law. part 2 of bill concerned marriage; part 3 adoption; part four, guardianship; part 5 policy on joint-family property, , controversial included nontraditional allocation of property women. part 6 concerned policies regarding women s property, , parts 7 , 8 established policies on succession , maintenance. allowing divorce, ambedkar s version of hindu code conflicted traditional hindu personal law, did not sanction divorce (although practiced). established 1 joint family system of property ownership hindus doing away regional rules. finally, allotted portions of inheritance daughters, while giving widows complete property rights had been restricted.
conflicts arose categorization of considered hindu. code established hindu negative category include did not identify muslim, jew, christian, or parsi. such broad designation ignored tremendous diversity of region, tradition , custom in hinduism. practised sikhism, jainism, , buddhism considered hindus under jurisdiction of code bill. while had included aspects of hinduism, then, had evolved unique religions own customs, traditions, , rituals. there significant controversy on established hindu personal law. sanctioned under hinduism variety of practices , perspectives. therefore, administration had arbitrate between these variations, legitimating , disregarding or marginalising others.
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